Depiction: Having tricked the French ship Bouton de Rose out of its blasted whale, second mate Stubb eagerly harvests its valuable ambergris. He is in a whaling boat and the dead whale is towed beside him in the ocean. Six lances are piled next to him in the boat.
Text: Chapter 91- The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud
“I have it, I have it,” cried Stubb, with delight, striking something in the subterranean regions, “a purse! a purse!”
Dropping his spade, he thrust both hands in, and drew out handfuls of something that looked like ripe Windsor soap, or rich mottled old cheese; very unctuous and savory withal. You might easily dent it with your thumb; it is of a hue between yellow and ash colour. And this, good friends, is ambergris, worth a gold guinea an ounce to any druggist.
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| Moroccan ambergris offered on eBay for $100 |
Comments: I had originally written this post for Six of Wands, but the scene works much better for this card since it involves subterfuge.
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